A congressman holds up a report by U.S. Major Tim Gant at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington

 
A congressman holds up a report by U.S. Major Tim Gant at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington
U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) holds up a report by U.S. Army Special Forces Major Tim Gant on the success in Afghanistan, to show Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen during a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Afghanistan war on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)